Star Trek General Discussion
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Happy First Contact Day!
On this day in 2063, Vulcans (will) land(ed) in Bozeman Montana, forever changing the course of Earth --and galactic-- history.
On this day in 2063, Vulcans (will) land(ed) in Bozeman Montana, forever changing the course of Earth --and galactic-- history.
Remember, after first contact, wait a couple of days before you text so that our species doesn't come off as desperate.
Humanity only had light speed communication at that point, so to wait a few days they would have had to have sent that text 16 and a half years before first contact even happened...
Playmates has a new website up for their relaunched Star Trek slate due this summer (Prodigy due in October). It's such an amusing throwback. It's a modern "Flash-esque" site designed like the old LCARS interface. Got noises and little animations, just a delight for those of us that remember when corporate sites actually put effort into making their site visits something of an experience. All it needed was frames!
And Q is there! Shows up every now and then with assorted "Q-isms"!
Fun site, hopefully Playmates keeps up on product updates.
Quick look at those on EE...I like them. A lot. I LOVE the retro packaging even more so. It's cool that these are straight reissues, though that means no ripped shirt Riker or open hand for an uppercut-to-the-chin action.
The Dahl and Murf set is excellent. All of the Prodigy ones look great to me
The Dahl and Murf set is excellent. All of the Prodigy ones look great to me
I want Lower Decks figures a lot.
ZacWilliam, it's just such a fun show
ZacWilliam, it's just such a fun show
Someone made a dead-on Star Trek TNG Animated clip. If you're familiar with the old Animated show, this hits all the right notes.
I love it. They even accounted for the overuse of pink and purple for enemy ships and objects.
All it's missing is the purple springy legged pterodactyls that somehow made it into roughly 1/3 of the episodes.
EDIT: This guy:
Oh, weird, I'd forgotten those had a habit of reappearing. I remembered them but thought they'd been a one-time thing.
That was awesome!
I loved their choice of episode and scene.
I loved their choice of episode and scene.
Looking closer, that appears to be a Kzinti at the helm.
I noticed that they replaced the junior officers too! Seeing the cat alien was cool!
A little on the nose, since the replacement nonhumanoid bridge crew in TOS included a cat person as well. But authentically presented.
A new, highly-detailed diecast model of the original U.S.S. Enterprise is currently being crowdfunded by Prestige Select/TOMY International. At 1/350 scale, it comes in at 34 inches long and will weigh more than 20lbs. It features full electronic lights and the primary/secondary hulls can separate. At $599 USD, 5000 backers are required for the project to proceed.
I have to say, this is about exactly the level of quality and size in a high-quality replica I'd been hoping to see... very much akin to the ship models that various Trek characters (mostly captains) have displayed in their quarters or office. Previously we've seen those releases that are practically replicas of the original studio model and priced accordingly in the multi-thousands of dollar range... I think QMx's NX-01 Artisan Replica went for around $4000.
This release comes very close to hitting that sweet spot of price and quality, although maybe $100 less would've been nice. If this is successful, I hope we see more of these in the future. In particular, I'd love to see the refit-Constitution, either 1701 or the -A. To this day, I think that's still the most beautiful ship design in Star Trek.
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I have to say, this is about exactly the level of quality and size in a high-quality replica I'd been hoping to see... very much akin to the ship models that various Trek characters (mostly captains) have displayed in their quarters or office. Previously we've seen those releases that are practically replicas of the original studio model and priced accordingly in the multi-thousands of dollar range... I think QMx's NX-01 Artisan Replica went for around $4000.
This release comes very close to hitting that sweet spot of price and quality, although maybe $100 less would've been nice. If this is successful, I hope we see more of these in the future. In particular, I'd love to see the refit-Constitution, either 1701 or the -A. To this day, I think that's still the most beautiful ship design in Star Trek.
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The folks who did TNG:TAS have moved on to VOY:
Saw this a few days ago. While I consider this the very worst episode of all of Trek, I had to admit, it worked surprisingly well as a Filmation-style episode (of course, only having to deal with a few minutes of it probably helped).
Another great episode to animate!